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North Carolina Sales Tax Increase for Local Funding Amendment (1969)
| North Carolina Local Option Sales Tax Amendment | |
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
North Carolina Local Option Sales Tax Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in North Carolina on November 4, 1969. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported increasing the sales tax from 3% to 4%, with revenue from the additional 1% allocated to counties. |
A "no" vote opposed increasing the sales tax from 3% to 4%, with revenue from the additional 1% allocated to counties. |
Election results
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North Carolina Local Option Sales Tax Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 181,786 | 34.21% | ||
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349,618 | 65.79% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Local Option Sales Tax Amendment was as follows:
| “ | [ ] FOR the one percent (1%) Local Sales and Use Tax [ ] AGAINST the one percent (1%) Local Sales and Use Tax | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The North Carolina State Legislature can refer statewide ballot measures, in the form of constitutional amendments and bond issues, to the ballot for statewide elections.
North Carolina requires a 60% vote in each legislative chamber during a single legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 72 votes in the North Carolina House of Representatives and 30 votes in the North Carolina Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Statutes, including bond issues, require a simple majority vote in each legislative chamber during one legislative session and the governor's signature to appear on the ballot.
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Footnotes
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